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10 Pfennig - Traunstein
| Issuer | Traunstein, District of |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | The circular field is dominated by a raised inner circle enclosing the large numeral '10' at centre, with a stylised mountain peak motif visible behind the denomination. The peripheral legend reads 'STADT V. LAND TRAUNSTEIN' in raised Latin capital letters, separated by dot stops, running around the full circumference of the coin between two concentric rims. |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT・V・LAND・TRAVNSTEIN • 10 |
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Traunstein issued this zinc notgeld piece in 1918 under the same wartime metal shortages that stripped nickel and copper from municipal circulation across Bavaria and the broader Reich. By that point, the German military had consumed so much base metal that even small Bavarian district towns were authorizing their own emergency coinage rather than waiting on a central supply that wasn't coming. Zinc was the fallback material for hundreds of such issues — cheap, abundant enough, and deeply unpopular with the public due to its tendency to corrode rapidly in pocket wear.
The Funck reference numbers suggest at least two catalogued die varieties exist for this type.